Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has ...

Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored 10 goals since. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to break the record.

Mark Messier (694) 10. Steve Yzerman (692 ... overtime in a matchup of two of the NHL's top teams. Alex Ovechkin ties the score at 4 and moves 18 goals from breaking Wayne Gretzky's record.

The Capitals are the only NHL team to rank in the top six of the League in goals from both high-danger areas (86; sixth) and ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

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With Washington back in front, Charlie Lindgren had to come up with some key stops, and he did just that, flashing the glove ...

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin ... the league's top scorer nine times. He already owns the NHL record for power play goals (317) and shots on goal (6,724). In 2018, Ovechkin and the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move ...

Washington Capitals star Alex ... career goals, so needs to rack up 20 more goals this season in order to top Gretzky's record. The 2023-24 campaign proved to be a mortal one for Ovechkin where ...